Headrest holder



Ami? 29 1924. 1,492,369

I. J. GIBSON HEADREST HOLDER I Filed March 15. 1923 Fig? 5 [ma/241L27Isaac .1. Gibson;

Patented Apr. 29, 1924.

1 E STA ISAAC J'. GIBSON, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEADREST HOLDER.

Application filed March 15, 1923. Serial No. 625,328.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC J. GlesoN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and 5 Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHeadrest Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification.

It is customary in barber shops to provide the chairs with a removablehead-rest for the support of the head during the process of shaving, butwhich can be removed when the persons hair is to be cut. That to do withthis head-rest when thus removed has 1 always been a problem. Somebarbers dump it into the basket into which the soiled towels and napkinsare thrown. Others put it on the floor. In the latter case, the articleis in the way, is liable to be stumbled over, or

to be kicked out of the way. Whichever way its temporary disposal isattempted, it

is liable to get soiled, to become contaminated with germs, andotherwise to be rendered unsanitary.

There is never room for it 011 the shelf or towel stand, as all suchspace is sure to be occupied with mugs, brushes, towels, toilet bottlesand shaving and hair-trimming articles in general.

The object of my invention is the effecting of a convenient method ofsupporting the head-rests which shall not occupy any valuable space, andyet will hold the same in a manner to avoid all contamination from dirtand bacteria.

To this end, I have devised a socket or slide adapted to be attachedbeneath a tabletop or shelf, into which the shank of the head-rest canbe easily slid for the temporary support of the same, and from which itcan as readily be withdrawn for use.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a head-rest applied to a chair, Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the head-rest held by the support embodying myinvention. Fig.

3 is a longitudinal section of the support,

substantially full size, and of a portion of a shelf or table top towhich it is attached.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the support upside down. Fig. 5 is ,anend View of the same.

I prefer to produce the support from a single length of sheet metal,preferably aluminum, cut and bent into the form desired. IVhen thusformed, it comprises a body portion 1 from whose lateral margins dependL-shaped flanges 2, 3, the horizontal lips 3 of which form the supportfor the shank 4 of the head-rest 5, the distance be- 69 tween the webs 2being made slightly larger than the width of the shank 4.

This support is attached to the table top or shelf 6 by means of screws7 passing through the body portion 1 into the top or shelf, as shown inFig. 3, the space between the lips 3- permitting the insertion of thescrews and of the screw driver.

To prevent the end of the shank 4 from marring the edge of the table topor shelf, 70

I provide a shield 9 rising from the end of the body 1 and integraltherewith. By having the length of this shield substantially equal tothe width of the blank before the flanges 2, 3 have been bent down, theentire support can be formed from a single length of metal of apredetermined width, with practically no waste material.

The cost of this support is, therefore, very small but its convenienceand sanitary value 39 are great.

What I claim is:

A head-rest support comprising a sheet of metal having its lateralsections bent downward and inward to compose a socket to receive thestandard of a barbers headrest, and its forward portion bent upward toform a shield, the edges of said lateral sections being spaced from eachother to permit attaching screws to be introduced 99 ISAAC J. GIBSON.

